Jennifer Barth has been promoted to senior vice president, Harper. At Simon & Schuster Children’s Rebecca Vitkus has been promoted to production editor. Lisa Lauria has joined as editor for Simon Spotlight; she was most recently in the marketing and advertising department at Toys ‘R Us. Cassie Malmo has joined as publicity manager; she was most recently senior publicist at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Lauren Carr will join as publicist; she was most recently publicist at Bonnier Publishing. Annika Voss has joined as digital and social marketing coordinator; she was most recently marketing operations assistant at Scholastic. John Butman is joining Kneerim & Williams as an affiliated agent. He “has been involved in the creation of more […]
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Setterfield’s Once Upon a River Tops January Library Reads
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield is top pick for January’s Library Reads. Also on the list is Sofia Lundberg’s The Red Address Book, which is excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the list: An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen The Au Pair, by Emma Rous The Current, by Tim Johnston The Dreamers, by Karen Thompson Walker My Favorite Half-Night Stand, by Christina Lauren The Suspect, by Fiona Barton Unmarriageable, by Soniah Kamal Watching You, by Lisa Jewell The Golden Tresses of the Dead, by Alan Bradley In An Absent […]
People, Etc.
Marnie Cochran will move over to become executive editor at Harmony and Rodale, starting January 1. She has been at Ballantine for over 10 years. Kerri Kolen has joined Audible as executive editor on their originals team. Most recently she was executive editor at Putnam. Lucille Rettino has been promoted to the new position of vp, associate publisher, director of marketing and publicity for Tom Doherty Associates. In addition to her existing reports, Melissa Singer will report to Rettino in her scheduling/list management capacity while continuing to report to Patrick Nielsen Hayden for editorial work. Rachel Richardson is joining Watson, Little as their […]
People, Etc.
Former Weidenfeld & Nicolson publisher Kirsty Dunseath will become publishing director for Doubleday UK, starting March 25 and reporting to fiction publisher Sarah Adams. As of January 1, Nation Books will be renamed Bold Type Books, as the Nation Institute itself is changing its name to Type Media Center. Jon Krakauer has moved to Gersh for representation (while continuing to work with attorney Becky Hall). And correcting yesterday’s representation item on Rupi Kaur, she remains with Suzanne Brandreth at CookeMcDermid for literary representation; ICM will represent Kaur for film, television and theater. Forthcoming Robert Caro‘s next book is about himself rather than Lyndon Johnson, […]
People, Etc.
At Scholastic Trade, Liza Baker has been promoted to vp, associate publisher of Cartwheel Books, Orchard Books and Acorn and Branches; Katie Carella to executive editor of Acorn and Branches; Jessica Tice-Gilbert moves up to associate art director of Cartwheel Books and Orchard Books; Yaffa Jaskoll is now executive art director, trade fiction; Celia Lee to senior editor of Cartwheel Books and Orchard Books; and Alexis Lassiter is sales associate. Scholastic also announced a number of new hires. Angie Mason has joined as senior designer, trade creative services. She was previously at Alex Brands. Ingrid Paredes moves over to trade team from the education division, becoming publishing special projects manager. Katie Fitch has joined […]
2019 Picks: Indie Next, and More
The ABA named Watching You by Lisa Jewell as its No. 1 Pick for January. Also on the list is Freefall by Jessica Barry, which is available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter collection. The rest of the picks: The Dreamers, by Karen Thompson Walker The Water Cure, by Sophie Mackintosh Ghost Wall, by Sarah Moss Inheritance, by Dani Shapiro An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen The Far Field, by Madhuri Vijay Looker, by Laura Sims The Winter of the Witch, by Katherine Arden Sugar Run, by Mesha Maren Golden State, by Ben Winters The Paragon Hotel, […]